IRS can’t find millions of tax records – IOTW Report

IRS can’t find millions of tax records

IRS unable to locate millions of tax records, watchdog says

Poolitico: The agency said underfunding forced it to redirect employees responsible for inventories to other jobs.

The IRS lost track of millions of sensitive individual and business tax records that should have been transferred from a closed agency facility in California and is also unable to locate thousands of records that were stored at a facility in Utah, according to a new watchdog report.

As part of a review of the IRS’ mandatory storage of old tax records in microfilm backup cartridges, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said in a report released Thursday that it found significant deficiencies in safeguarding and accounting for millions of tax records that contain sensitive taxpayer information. more here

16 Comments on IRS can’t find millions of tax records

  1. Oh, that’s ok, IRS. I have all the tax forms that show you owe me 1.5 million … no, I mean 3.5 million dollars. I’ll get them sent to you as soon as possible so you can send me the check you promised me.

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  2. Claudia AT 2:36 PM
    “Oh, that’s ok, IRS. I have all the tax forms that show you owe me 1.5 million … no, I mean 3.5 million dollars. I’ll get them sent to you as soon as possible so you can send me the check you promised me.”

    Who do you think you are, ME?

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  3. Government; we have thousands of incompetent Union civil service employees, we can’t discipline or fire them, please congress, increase our budget and let us hire 87,000 gun toting thugs to wring more taxes from our hard working citizens.

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  4. Funny, the IRS seems to find my tax records every time just before the statute of limitations expires and I am on the hook for 10% compounded interest unless I want to hire a lawyer.

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  5. TBH, it’s always their stupid fault. Stuff like I reported buying a stock at $65 and selling for $75 but the financial institution reported I got the stock at $0.00.

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  6. can’t you just hear it now? Hunter Biden’s ‘Special’ Prosecutor will ask for Biden Crime Family’s tax records & …. oop, we just can’t seem to find them

    maybe in about 5,6 years ………

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